Chapter XXVII: Appendix: VI

THE HISTORICAL BASIS OF THIS STORY.

In writing ‘In Furthest Ind,’ my object has not been so much to trace the course of any definite series of events, as to give a general idea of the fortunes and misfortunes likely to fall to the lot of an Englishman in the East during the earlier stages of what it is correct to call the Expansion of England. Hence I have left it to historians to follow the precise details of the relations which existed between the English at Surat and Bombay, Sivaji, and the government of Aurangzib, and have avoided as far as possible introducing real personages into the story. This naturally involves a fictitious element in the events in which the characters take part, although the incidents are in the main true in their origin, if not in their arrangement. Thus, the account of the dealings between Sivaji and the French is true, but the personal adventures of the Vicomte de Galampré are fictitious, and the two occasions on which Sivaji appears are not historical, although they may be paralleled many times over from his life. The history of the French at San Thomé has been fully dealt with in a preceding note. Although Mr Carlyon’s escape from the _Auto da Fé_ is fictitious, yet many of its details are taken from an actual case. In a word, my effort has been rather to present a picture than to construct a history, selecting from the mass of available material such data as might best contribute to the result in view.

THE END.

ENDNOTES.

[1] _servant_] Suitor.

[2] _Bristow_] Bristol.

[3] _the post of writer_] Afterwards called cadet.

[4] _laced waistcoat_] Jacket-bodice.

[5] _harness_] Armour.

[6] _escrotore_] Escritoire.

[7] _the book_] Evidently Lord Broghill’s ‘Parthenissa.’

[8] _January 1663-64_] 1664 by our reckoning.

[9] _with the family_] Household.

[10] _original_] Origin.

[11] _letters of mart_] It is possible that this spelling may give a clue to the generally disputed origin of this word.

[12] _fusees_] Muskets.

[13] _Gamboa_] Gambia.

[14] _Bon Esperanzo_] Properly spelt Boa Esperança, the Cape of Good Hope.

[15] _polite_] Civilised.

[16] _Cangoxima_] Kagoshima.

[17] _Ceilon_] Ceylon.

[18] _Swally_] Suwali.

[19] See Appendix for the races of India.

[20] _customers_] Custom-house officers.

[21] _go-downs_] Sheds or warehouses.

[22] _Dhilly_] Delhi. See Appendix for spelling of proper names.

[23] _Auren Zeeb_] Aurangzib.

[24] _Morattys_] Mahrattas.

[25] _Moruchtraw_] Maharashtra.

[26] _Seva Gi_] Sivaji.

[27] _Visiapour_] Now Bijapur.

[28] _Bounceloe_] Now spelt Shahji Bonsla.

[29] _Caun_] Khan.

[30] _Duccan and also of Conchon_] The Deccan (or Dakhan) and the Konkan.

[31] _road_] Raid.

[32] _Lord Malbery_] Marlborough; not the famous duke.

[33] _Bombaim_] Bombay.

[34] _ancient_] Ensign.

[35] _Brachmines_] Brahmins.

[36] _Juddah_] Jeddah.

[37] _plate of China_] Porcelain.

[38] _banyans_] _Bunnias_ or _baniyas_.

[39] _lunch_] This name was given to any slight or impromptu meal.

[40] _thé_] Tea.

[41] _particular_] Peculiar.

[42] _palepuntz_] Punch.

[43] _acquavitæ_] Brandy.

[44] _musters_] Patterns.

[45] _Persian and the Indostan languages_] Apparently Urdu.

[46] _attempted_] Attacked.

[47] _Samba Gi_] Sambhaji.

[48] _succades_] Sweetmeats.

[49] See Appendix on private trading by the Company’s servants.

[50] _caphalay_] Kafila.

[51] _punctilio_] Etiquette; sometimes used to mean personal dignity.

[52] _Loll Duss_] In modern spelling, Lal Das.

[53] _Agoada_] Aqueduct.

[54] _garden-houses_] Country-houses.

[55] _hidolgoos_] Hidalgos.

[56] _causey_] Causeway.

[57] See note on Goa in Appendix.

[58] _worth some thousand pagodoes_] One thousand pagodas = about £400.

[59] _sacristan_] Probably _sacristy_ is meant.

[60] _Franciscus Xeverius_] Better known as Francis Xavier.

[61] _Paulistins_] Not to be confounded with the Regular Clerks of St Paul, or Barnabites, who are a distinct Order.

[62] _governor_] Tutor.

[63] _state_] Cloth of estate, canopy.

[64] _ducket_] Ducat.

[65] _jacolatt_] Chocolate.

[66] _peunes_] Properly spelt _peons_.

[67] _Coffrees_] From the Arabic _kafir_, meaning infidel.

[68] _Inquisidors_] The Spanish spelling used at the time.

[69] _crotchet_] Crosslet, little cross.

[70] _Portingale_] Portugal.

[71] _chirurgion_] Surgeon.

[72] _fetiscero_] From the Portuguese _feitiço_ = magic; hence our word _fetich_.

[73] _antics_] Fools,--as we should say, clowns.

[74] _Aucto de Fie_] Generally spelt _Auto da Fé_.

[75] _cavalieros_] This word probably owes its origin to a confusion between the Italian _cavaliere_ and the Spanish _caballero_.

[76] _Vexilla Regis prodeunt_] Known to our hymn-books as “The royal banners forward go.”

[77] _White or Austin Friars_] Augustinians. This is an error on Mr Carlyon’s part. The White Friars are the Carmelites.

[78] _slops_] Very wide breeches, sometimes called petticoats.

[79] _Hoor! Hoor! Mohawdio!_] The famous Mahratta war-cry, “_Hur! Hur! Mahadeo!_”

[80] _Stewart_] The contemporary spelling.

[81] _walk and conversation_] Conduct.

[82] _St Thomas_] Really called San Thomé.

[83] _ancient_] Ensign or standard.

[84] _state_] Cloth of estate, canopy.

[85] _nightgown_] Dressing-gown.

[86] See Appendix for the French at San Thomé.

[87] _Gulconda_] The Mohammedan kingdom of Golconda.

[88] _Mechlapatan_] Masulipatam.

[89] _pharmaund_] Firman.

[90] _Indosthans_] Hindus.

[91] _Maderas_] Madras.

[92] _constitution_] Character or temperament.

[93] _a sealed letter_] _Lettre de cachet._

[94] _theorba_] Or theorbo, a kind of large lute.

[95] _offices_] Services.

[96] _the old cardinal_] Richelieu.

[97] _lace-bands_] Apparently cravats.

[98] _sorbet_] Sherbet.

[99] _painted calicut_] Printed calico.

[100] _Amidavat_] Ahmedabad.

[101] _Phoolcherry_] Now Pondichery.

[102] _servant_] Suitor.

[103] _Geminy_] Jumna.

[104] _well enough seen_] Skilled.

[105] _Brodra_] Baroda.

[106] _Rashpoots_] Rajputs.

[107] _Oudyepour_] Udaipur.

[108] _caravan-serawes_] Caravanserais.

[109] _Brachmine_] Brahmin.

[110] _druggerman_] Dragoman.

[111] _metchids or mosqueys_] Masjids or mosques.

[112] _wonder of the world and delight of all beholders_] The Taj Mahal.

[113] _Shaw Jehaun_] Shah Jehan.

[114] _cistery_] Query, cutchery?

[115] _shash_] Sash.

[116] _ombrahs_] Nobles.

[117] _Swisse_] Switzerland.

[118] _hucca_] Hookah or huqa.

[119] _Ferringhee_] The evolution of this word is curious: Frank, Frangi, Farangi, Ferringhee. The last form is the incorrect spelling of that preceding it.

[120] _stop-watch_] Repeater.

[121] _resentiments_] Not _resentments_, but _sentiments_. Compare the French _ressentiments_.

[122] _Gualleyor and Zauncy_] Gwalior and Jhansi.

[123] _Eusoff_] Yusuf.

[124] _picked_] Peaked.

[125] _mosch_] Mosque.

[126] _consented_] Agreed.

[127] _Row_] Rao.

[128] _Cogia Bux_] In modern spelling, Khoja Baksh.

[129] _Madda Gi_] Madhoji.

[130] _Seta Bye_] Sita Bai.

[131] _hollowed_] The spelling _hollow_ for _halloo_ is still preserved in the colloquial pronunciation.

[132] _commerce_] Communication.

[133] _Gascoign_] Gascony.

[134] _toys_] This word was then equivalent to _curiosities_.

[135] _portraits in little_] Miniatures.

[136] _fellow_] Companion.

[137] _megrims_] Headache.

[138] _right of propriety_] Proprietorship.

[139] _Lady Barbary_] Barbara.

[140] _felon for the faith’s sake_] _Forçat pour la foi._

[141] _Roan_] Rouen.

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES.

Sydney C. Grier was the pseudonym of Hilda Caroline Gregg.

This book is part of the author’s “Indian Historical Series.” The full series being: _In Furthest Ind_, _Like Another Helen_, and _The Great Proconsul_.

A letter in Chapter XII contains two words (_Condicons_ and _Consolacon_) which have a tilde on the second _c_. As this character isn’t available in the current UTF-8 specification, _c_ is substituted.

Alterations to the text:

Convert footnotes to endnotes.

Fix a few quotation mark pairings.

[Chapter II]

Change “Now _tha_ his majesty was happily returned” to _that_.

[Chapter VI]

“how should it _signifiy_ to us on whose side we fought?” to _signify_.

[Chapter XX]

“so great was the contrast _beween_ his reverend aspect” to _between_.

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